Pop culture’s obsession with serial killers is only growing -- what does this say about us as a society? Tori and Karina do a deep dive into Hollywood’s obsession with serial killers and their stories. Featuring insight from David Schmid, Ph.D., author of “Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture” and Kathy Kleiner, a survivor of Ted Bundy. TO READ: - Natural Born Celebrities by David Schmid https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Born-Celebrities-Killers-American/dp/0226738698 - “The Guys Who Shoot to Thrill: Serial Killers and the American Popular Unconscious” by Robert Conrath - Revue Française D'études Américaines, no. 60, 1994, pp. 143–152. - “The compulsion of real/reel serial killers and vampires: Toward a gothic criminology” by Caroline Joan S. Picart and Cecil Greek https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254801503_The_compulsion_of_realreel_serial_killers_and_vampires_Toward_a_gothic_criminology - “Why is Ted Bundy Suddenly Everywhere?” by Tori Telfer http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/ted-bundy-is-suddenly-everywhere.html   TO LISTEN: - “For the Defense”: David Oscar Markus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-defense-with-david-oscar-markus/id1536699806 - “Crime Salad” www.crimesaladpodcast.com - “Fruit Loops”: https://fruitloopspod.com/   TO WATCH:  - Fry Day (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kSwB9B08PA - The 93 Victims of Samuel Little (2020 https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/the-93-victims-of-samuel-little - Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019) - Santé Kimes Documentary (2001) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_XOoAq8CFE&t=63s  - My Friend Dahmer (2017) - Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) - Zodiac (2007) - Monster (2003) - The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) - Bones (TV Series 2005-2017)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.